Vaccinated must wear cloth facial coverings outdoors in Oregon
Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that adults and children who are at least 5 years old must wear masks in most public outdoor settings starting Friday. Source: Oregon to require…
Ivan Illich. Medical Nemesis. Chapter 1: The Epidemics of Modern Medicine
From the 1976 book “Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health”, by Ivan Illich. He spoke numerous languages, traveled extensively and taught at Penn State, University of Bremen and University of…
Finnair bans cloth facial coverings
Finnair, one of the largest airlines in Finland, has announced that since August 16, fabric masks will no longer be allowed in their flights. According to a statement released by…
Random correlations are not science conclusions
About as weak a study as you can find: Link between wildfires and COVID cases established. This poor quality paper is receiving mountains of press coverage purporting to link the…
Parody: “Counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards bound for New Orleans seized by U.S. Customs”
The level of idiocy in the country is amazing. Last spring you could download the PDF file from official government public health web sites and print them yourself. You can…
Another superspreader event that did not spread
Chicago health officials on Thursday reported 203 cases of COVID-19 connected to Lollapalooza, casting it as a number that was anticipated and not yet linked to any hospitalizations or deaths.…
Fail: Oregon’s public health guessed wrong
Six weeks ago today, the governor held a ceremony to reopen. Now she’ll announce details of a new statewide mask mandate to slow the delta variant. Source: Here’s what Gov.…
CDC recommends shaving of beards
Certain types of facial hair, like beards, can make mask fitting difficult. Masks that fit well protect you better. To have a better fit, people with beards can shave their…
52 billion face masks were thrown away in 2020
Good thing this environmental degradation was for a good cause – it stopped Covid dead in its tracks!
Masks for vaccinated people are ‘mostly about protecting the unvaccinated’ says NIH Director
Confusing messaging, again: The Director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, acknowledged that new COVID-19 restrictions are primarily about protecting unvaccinated Americans as cases of the Delta…